Meet and Greet

Tuesday night was the meet and greet in Pasadena and I got to talk to some of my teammates, my mentor and the triathlon head coach.

Scott, the triathlon head coach

I found out some interesting things about the triathlon from Scott. I didn't know that this triathlon is really popular with celebrities. They even have a celebrity relay where a different celebrity does each leg of the race. Amanda Beard was there one year. I told him I'd be so intimidated standing next to Amanda Beard and Scott said, "They wouldn't let you compete in the same race as the celebrities."

Training sounds like it going to be really useful. He told me they're going to break down every part of my swim stroke and work on each part. I've picked up a lot of bad swim habits these past few months. Some good news though! I told him that my swim kick actually makes me go backwards and he said not to worry cause we will hardly be using our legs. I was a little surprised when he told me I would be training six days a week.

Irene, my mentor, actually did the Malibu sprint tri last year. She's going to be training with us to do the Olympic distance this year.